Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

34 images, primarily real photo postcards, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., or smaller, featuring Native American subjects, including studio portraits, informal outdoor views, ceremonies, and dwellings. Many of the scenes are identified in the negative or include a period notation on verso in an unknown hand. Condition generally good to very good. Some with edge and corner wear, creasing, toning, and occasional soiling.

Highlighted titles/scenes include: "Sioux Indians, Mandan, ND." -- 2 RPPCs of "Indian War Dancers," as inscribed on verso in period hand. -- Studio portrait of "Three Indian Women...all educated..." as inscribed on verso in period hand. -- Studio view of a Native American woman and child, inscribed on verso, "Eta ma ie his this Woman's name - can not speak a word of English." -- Studio view of two Native American women, inscribed on verso, "These are Mamie Mo he kie moie & Laura Gray - school mates of mine." -- "Osages." -- Studio view of mother and child, inscribed on verso "Edith Ware & papoosie [sic], both members of Osage tribe." -- "Chief Bacon Rind, Chief of Osage Indians," as inscribed on verso. -- Studio view of "Henry Pratt, a very highly educated Indian. A very interesting man and member of Osage Council," as inscribed on verso. -- "Indian Council." -- "Osage Indian Dancers." -- Studio view of "Paul Red Eagle, Second Chief of Osages, finished school at Carlisle, Pa.," as inscribed on verso. -- "Little Eagle." -- "Mikinina Kow Kow." -- "Hollow Horn Bear." -- "Arapaho Boy." -- "Chief Iron Tail and the Bison." -- "Mrs. White Elk," printed postcard by L.A. Huffman. -- 2 images of "Fierce Old Crow Buck," including a printed postcard and vibrantly colored photomechanical print of the same subject, each by L.A. Huffman.

Also enclosed are the following: 6 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. photograph of Blackfeet women posed before a tipi. Kalispell, Montana: Hileman. (toning, edge wear to print). -- 6 1/4 x 9 in. photograph of a Native American subject with child on horseback. Portland, Oregon: Kiser Photo Co., 1910. -- 5 x 7 in. photograph of Chief Iron Tail standing in front of an automobile. -- 3 snapshots, 3 1/4 x 4 in. or smaller, including a view of what appears to be the Old Faithful Inn as well as a view of Native Americans posed near a tipi, the scene identified on verso as "Larry H. Larom's Valley Ranch," located near Cody, Wyoming. -- 7 x 10 3/4 in. photograph showing the interior of a tipi. Great Northern Railway (ink stamp on verso). -- 8 x 10 in. photograph inscribed on verso, "Group of Stoney Indians, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 1917." -- 5 x 6 3/4 in. photograph on cardstock mount showing a group of Cheyenne Indians, as per verso inscription.

Together, 34 images, primarily real photo postcards.